Basic Reading List

[hkupo]

Hey everyone,

Over on the CBR forum someone asked for a reading list for Valiant and I made one up based off of wikipedia, amazon, and Valiant's main website. It's nothing fancy and pretty basic. From what I've seen, most of you don't need this and have more knowledge than I do. So I would be most appreciative of any criticisms that could make this list better and new reader friendly. Thanks in advance.

Ongoing Series PHASE 1
X-O Manowar Vol. 1: By the Sword (collects X-O Manowar #1-4)
X-O Manowar Vol. 2: Enter Ninjak (collects X-O Manowar #5-8)
X-O Manowar Vol. 3: Planet Death (collects X-O Manowar #9-14)
X-O Manowar Vol. 4: Homecoming (collects X-O Manowar #15-18)
X-O Manowar Vol. 5: At War With Unity (collects X-O Manowar #19-22)
X-O Manowar Vol. 6: Prelude to Armor Hunters (collects X-O Manowar #23-25)
X-O Manowar Vol. 7: Armor Hunters (collects X-O Manowar #26-29)
X-O Manowar Vol. 8: Enter: Armorines (collects X-O Manowar #30-32, and X-O Manowar #0)
X-O Manowar Vol. 9: Dead Hand (collects X-O Manowar #33-37)
X-O Manowar Vol. 10: Exodus (collects X-O Manowar #38-42)

Harbinger Vol. 1: Omega Rising (collects Harbinger #1–5)
Harbinger Vol. 2: Renegades (collects Harbinger #6–10 of the new series by Joshua Dysart)
Harbinger Vol. 3: Harbinger Wars (collects Harbinger #11–14, 0)
Harbinger Vol. 4: Perfect Day (collects Harbinger #15-19)
Harbinger Vol. 5: Death of a Renegade (Harbinger #20-25)
Harbinger Vol. 6: Omegas (collects Omegas #1-3 & Bleeding Monk #0)
**Harbinger #0 was originally printed between 8 and 9**
**Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 was originally printed between 21 and 22**
**Harbinger: Faith #0 Was originally printed after Armor Hunters. Included in Unity Vol 4**
**Story continues in PHASE 2 Book IMPERIUM**

Bloodshot Vol. 1: Setting the World on Fire (collects Bloodshot (2012) #1-4)
Bloodshot Vol. 2: The Rise and the Fall (collects Bloodshot (2012) #5-9)
Bloodshot Vol. 3: Harbinger Wars (collects Bloodshot (2012) #10-13)
Bloodshot Vol. 4: H.A.R.D. Corps (collects Bloodshot (2012) #0 and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps (2013) #14-17)
Bloodshot Vol. 5: Get Some (collects Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #18-19 and #22-23)
Issues #20-21 involve a crossover with Archer and Armstrong
**Bloodshot turned into Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps in issue 14 right after Harbinger Wars. Think of it as an expanded cast**
**Bloodshot's story continues in Bloodshot Armor Hunters then The Valiant Mini then into Bloodshot Reborn**

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: The Michelangelo Code (collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 2: Wrath of the Eternal Warrior (collects Archer & Armstrong #5-9)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 3: Far Faraway (collects Archer & Armstrong #10-13, 0)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 4: Sect Civil War (collects Archer & Armstrong #14-17)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: Mission: Improbable (collects A&A: Archer #0, A&A: #18-19, and Bloodshot & HARD Corps #20-21)
Reading Order: A&A#0 - A&A#18 - B&HC#20 - A&A#19 - B&HC#21
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 6: American Wasteland (collects Archer & Armstrong #20-25)
**Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1 printed at the end of the series**

Shadowman Vol. 1: Birth Rites (collects Shadowman (2012) #1-4)
Shadowman Vol. 2: Darque Reckoning (collects Shadowman (2012) #5-9)
Shadowman Vol. 3: Deadside Blues (collects Shadowman (2012) #0, 10-12)
Shadowman Vol. 4: Fear, Blood, and Shadows (collects #13-16)
Shadowman End Times Vol. 1 collects End Times #1-3
Punk Mambo #0 (Shadowman spin-off)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 1: The World's Worst Superhero Team (collects Q&W #1-4)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: In Security (collects Q&W #5-8)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: Crooked Pasts, Present Tense (collects Q&W #9-12 and Q&W: The Goat #0)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 4: Quantum and Woody Must Die! (collects Q&W Must Die #1-4 & VALIANT-SIZED Q&W #1)

Unity is Valiant's first Team book and it's first volume is a crossover with X-O Manowar.
Unity Vol. 1: To Kill a King (collects UNITY #1-4) crosses w/X-O #19-22
Reading Order: Unit#1 - X-O#19 - Unit#2 - X-O#20 - Unit#3 - X-O#21 - Unit#4 - X-O#22
Unity Vol. 2: Trapped by Webnet (collects Unity #5-8)
Unity Vol. 3: Armor Hunters (collects UNITY #8-11)
Unity Vol. 4: The United (collects UNITY #12-14, UNITY #0, and Harbinger: Faith #0)
Unity Vol. 5: Homefront (collects UNITY #15-18)
Unity Vol. 6: The War-Monger (collects UNITY #19-22)
Unity Vol. 7: Revenge of the Armor Hunters (Collects UNITY #23-25)

Rai Vol. 1: Welcome To New Japan (collects #1-4)
Rai Vol. 2: Battle for New Japan (collects #5-8)
Rai Vol. 3: The Orphan (collects #9-12)

ETERNAL WARRIOR Vol. 1: Sword Of The Wild (collects #1-4)
ETERNAL WARRIOR Vol. 2: Eternal Emperor (collects #5-8)

Ongoing Series PHASE 2 VALIANT NEXT
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 1: Making History(collects Ivar #1-4)
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 2: Breaking History (collects Ivar #5-8)
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 3: Ending History (collects Ivar #9-12)

Imperium Vol. 1: Collecting Monsters (Collecting Imperium #1-4)
Imperium Vol. 2: Broken Angels (Collecting Imperium #5-8)
Imperium Vol. 3: The Vine Imperative (Collecting Imperium #9-12)
Imperium Vol. 4: Stormbreak (Collecting Imperium #13-16)
**Imperium is a direct follow-up to the Harbinger series starting immediately after Harbinger:Omegas**

Ninjak Vol. 1: Weaponeer (collects Ninjak #1-5)
Ninjak Vol. 2: The Shadow Wars (collects Ninjak #6-9)
Ninjak Vol. 3: Operation Deadside (collects Ninjak #10-13)

Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 1: Colorado (collects Bloodshot Reborn #1-5)
Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 2: The Hunt (collects Bloodshot Reborn #6-9)
**Takes place after Bloodshot Vol. 5 and The Valiant**

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior Vol. 1: Risen (collest issues #1-4)

Mini Series
Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel (mini collects issues #1-3)

Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody Deluxe collects issues #1-5(Mini involving the original Q&W 20 years later)

The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage (collects issues #1-5)
The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives (collects issues #1-4)

Divinity: a 4 issue mini series

The Delinquents#1-4 is a self contained crossover of A&A and Quantum & Woody

The Valiant: a 4 issue mini featuring Eternal Warrior and other Valiant characters

FAITH (collects issues #1-4)starts january 2016

Events
HARBINGER WARS is a crossover event between Harbinger and Bloodshot. The main story is self contained as well as the Harbinger and Bloodshot issues. They can be read separately or together.
Harbinger Wars 1 - 4
Harbinger 11 - 14
Bloodshot 10 - 13
Reading Order: HW#1 - Harbinger#11 - Bloodshot#10 - HW#2 - Harbinger#12 - Bloodshot#11 - HW#3 - Harbinger#13 - Bloodshot#12 - HW#4 - Harbinger#14 - Bloodshot#13

ARMOR HUNTERS is a crossover event between X-O and Unity:
The main story:
Armor Hunters 1-4
Unity 8-11
X-O Manowar 26-29
Armor Hunters Aftermath #1
Armor Hunters Tie ins:
Armor Hunters: Harbingers collects AH:H #1-3
Bloodshot Armor Hunters #1-3 follow H.A.R.D. Corps
Reading Order Main Event: AH#1 - Unity#8 - X-O#26 - AH#2 - Unity#9 - X-O#27 - AH#3 - Unity#10 - X-O#28 - Unity#11 - AH#4 - X-O#29 - AH: Aftemath #1
Reading Order With Tie Ins: AH#1 - Unity#8 - X-O#26 - AH#2 - AH:B#1 - AH:H#1 - Unity#9 - X-O#27 - AH#3 - AH:B#2 - AH:H#2 - Unity#10 - X-O#28 - AH:B#3 - AH:H#3 - Unity#11 - AH#4 - X-O#29 - AH: Aftemath #1

Book of Death (collects issues #1-4)
Book of Death: The Fall of the Valiant Universe
(collects BOOK(s) OF DEATH: THE FALL OF BLOODSHOT #1, NINJAK #1, HARBINGER #1, X-O MANOWAR #1)

Deluxe Hardcovers
Archer & Armstrong - Vol. 1 --- Collecting A&A #1-13 and #0
Archer & Armstrong - Vol. 2 --- Collecting A&A #14–25, A&A: ARCHER #0 and BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20–21
Armor Hunters --- Collecting AH #1–4, AH: AFTERMATH #1, AH: BLOODSHOT #1–3, AH: HARBINGER #1–3, UNITY #8–11 and X-O #23–29
Bloodshot - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Bloodshot #1-13
Bloodshot - Vol. 2 --- Collecting Bloodshot and HARD Corps #14-23, Bloodshot #24-25, Bloodshot #0, Bloodshot and HARD Corps #0, along with Archer &Armstrong #18-19
Book of Death --- Collecting BoD #1-4, BoD: THE FALL OF: BLOODSHOT #1, NINJAK #1, HARBINGER #1, X-O #1.
Divinity --- Collecting Divinity #1-4
Harbinger - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Harbinger #0-14
Harbinger - Vol. 2 --- Collecting Harbinger #15-25, Harbinger: Omegas #1-3, and Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0
Harbinger Wars - Volume 1 --- Collecting HW #1-4, Harbinger #11-14, and Bloodshot #10-13
Ivar, Timewalker --- Collecting IVAR #1-12
Quantum and Woody - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Q&W #1–12 and Q&W: THE GOAT #0
Rai - Vol. 1 --- Collecting RAI #1-12, RAI #1 PLUS EDITION and RAI #5 PLUS EDITION
Shadowman - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Shadowman #0-10
Shadowman - Vol. 2--- Collecting SHADOWMAN #11-16, SHADOWMAN #13X, SHADOWMAN: END TIMES #1-3 and PUNK MAMBO #0.
The Valiant --- Collecting The Valiant #1-4
Unity - Vol. 1 --- Collecting UNITY #0-14
X-O Manowar - Vol. 1 --- Collecting X-O #1-14
X-O Manowar - Vol. 2 --- Collecting X-O #15-22 and UNITY #1-4

[Zhuge1]

Great job of listing all the TPBs. I tend to mostly read the collections so this is useful. Is Harbinger: Bleeding Monk in any of the TPBs?

[hkupo]

Great job of listing all the TPBs. I tend to mostly read the collections so this is useful. Is Harbinger: Bleeding Monk in any of the TPBs?

Thank you and nice catch. It's included in the Harbinger Omegas TPB so I'll definitely fix that.
If anyone else picks up anything missing or some needed tweeks please let me know.

[HobbesAB]

Thanks for the list. Exactly what I was looking for.

[mkb28]

Awesome list! Should you include the X-O Manowar "Prelude to Armor Hunters" issues 23-25 at the beginning of the Armor Hunters reading order? I see it is included with the X-O trades, but not with the Armor Hunters storyline.

Great job by the way!

Michael
Mkb28

[Zhuge1]

Might be useful to also include the hard cover editions and what they include (for example, X-O Manowar Deluxe edition #1 includes X-O 1-14, equivalent to volumes 1-3 of the softcover collections).

[Joshua]

Just read this on CBR. Good work.

[ValiantCentral]

Very cool...care if I include this in the database with links to the books?

[hkupo]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond or offer helpful suggestions. It's been a while since I've actually visited this board and I'm embarrassed to say that I forgot to check this out. I've constantly kept up with this list making adjustments here and there. If anyone has anymore ideas towards making this more new reader friendly then I would be very grateful.

So here it is

Ongoing Series PHASE 1
X-O Manowar Vol. 1: By the Sword (collects X-O Manowar #1-4)
X-O Manowar Vol. 2: Enter Ninjak (collects X-O Manowar #5-8)
X-O Manowar Vol. 3: Planet Death (collects X-O Manowar #9-14)
X-O Manowar Vol. 4: Homecoming (collects X-O Manowar #15-18)
X-O Manowar Vol. 5: At War With Unity (collects X-O Manowar #19-22)
X-O Manowar Vol. 6: Prelude to Armor Hunters (collects X-O Manowar #23-25)
X-O Manowar Vol. 7: Armor Hunters (collects X-O Manowar #26-29)
X-O Manowar Vol. 8: Enter: Armorines (collects X-O Manowar #30-32, and X-O Manowar #0)
X-O Manowar Vol. 9: Dead Hand (collects X-O Manowar #33-37)
X-O Manowar Vol. 10: Exodus (collects X-O Manowar #38-42)

Harbinger Vol. 1: Omega Rising (collects Harbinger #1–5)
Harbinger Vol. 2: Renegades (collects Harbinger #6–10 of the new series by Joshua Dysart)
Harbinger Vol. 3: Harbinger Wars (collects Harbinger #11–14, 0)
Harbinger Vol. 4: Perfect Day (collects Harbinger #15-19)
Harbinger Vol. 5: Death of a Renegade (Harbinger #20-25)
Harbinger Vol. 6: Omegas (collects Omegas #1-3 & Bleeding Monk #0)
**Harbinger #0 was originally printed between 8 and 9**
**Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 was originally printed between 21 and 22**
**Harbinger: Faith #0 Was originally printed after Armor Hunters. Included in Unity Vol 4**
**Story continues in PHASE 2 Book IMPERIUM**

Bloodshot Vol. 1: Setting the World on Fire (collects Bloodshot (2012) #1-4)
Bloodshot Vol. 2: The Rise and the Fall (collects Bloodshot (2012) #5-9)
Bloodshot Vol. 3: Harbinger Wars (collects Bloodshot (2012) #10-13)
Bloodshot Vol. 4: H.A.R.D. Corps (collects Bloodshot (2012) #0 and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps (2013) #14-17)
Bloodshot Vol. 5: Get Some (collects Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #18-19 and #22-23)
Issues #20-21 involve a crossover with Archer and Armstrong
**Bloodshot turned into Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps in issue 14 right after Harbinger Wars. Think of it as an expanded cast**
**Bloodshot's story continues in Bloodshot Armor Hunters then The Valiant Mini then into Bloodshot Reborn**

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: The Michelangelo Code (collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 2: Wrath of the Eternal Warrior (collects Archer & Armstrong #5-9)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 3: Far Faraway (collects Archer & Armstrong #10-13, 0)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 4: Sect Civil War (collects Archer & Armstrong #14-17)
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: Mission: Improbable (collects Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0, Archer & Armstrong #18-19, and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D Corps #20-21)Reading Order: A&A#0 - A&A#18 - B&HC#20 - A&A#19 - B&HC#21
Archer & Armstrong Vol. 6: American Wasteland (collects Archer & Armstrong #20-25)
**Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1 printed at the end of the series**

Shadowman Vol. 1: Birth Rites (collects Shadowman (2012) #1-4)
Shadowman Vol. 2: Darque Reckoning (collects Shadowman (2012) #5-9)
Shadowman Vol. 3: Deadside Blues (collects Shadowman (2012) #0, 10-12)
Shadowman Vol. 4: Fear, Blood, and Shadows (collects #13-16)
Shadowman End Times Vol. 1 collects End Times #1-3
Punk Mambo #0 (Shadowman spin-off)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 1: The World's Worst Superhero Team (collects Q&W #1-4)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: In Security (collects Q&W #5-8)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: Crooked Pasts, Present Tense (collects Q&W #9-12 and Q&W: The Goat #0)
Quantum and Woody Vol. 4: Quantum and Woody Must Die! (collects Q&W Must Die #1-4 & VALIANT-SIZED Q&W #1)

Unity is Valiant's first Team book and it's first volume is a crossover with X-O Manowar.
Unity Vol. 1: To Kill a King (collects UNITY #1-4) crosses w/X-O #19-22
Reading Order: Unit#1 - X-O#19 - Unit#2 - X-O#20 - Unit#3 - X-O#21 - Unit#4 - X-O#22
Unity Vol. 2: Trapped by Webnet (collects Unity #5-8)
Unity Vol. 3: Armor Hunters (collects UNITY #8-11)
Unity Vol. 4: The United (collects UNITY #12-14, UNITY #0, and Harbinger: Faith #0)
Unity Vol. 5: Homefront (collects UNITY #15-18)
Unity Vol. 6: The War-Monger (collects UNITY #19-22)
Unity Vol. 7: Revenge of the Armor Hunters (Collects UNITY #23-25)

Rai Vol. 1: Welcome To New Japan (collects #1-4)
Rai Vol. 2: Battle for New Japan (collects #5-8)
Rai Vol. 3: The Orphan (collects #9-12)

ETERNAL WARRIOR Vol. 1: Sword Of The Wild (collects #1-4)
ETERNAL WARRIOR Vol. 2: Eternal Emperor (collects #5-8)

Ongoing Series PHASE 2 VALIANT NEXT
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 1: Making History(collects Ivar #1-4)
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 2: Breaking History (collects Ivar #5-8)
Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 3: Ending History (collects Ivar #9-12)

Imperium Vol. 1: Collecting Monsters (Collecting Imperium #1-4)
Imperium Vol. 2: Broken Angels (Collecting Imperium #5-8)
Imperium Vol. 3: The Vine Imperative (Collecting Imperium #9-12)
Imperium Vol. 4: Stormbreak (Collecting Imperium #13-16)
**Imperium is a direct follow-up to the Harbinger series starting immediately after Harbinger:Omegas**

Ninjak Vol. 1: Weaponeer (collects Ninjak #1-5)
Ninjak Vol. 2: The Shadow Wars (collects Ninjak #6-9)
Ninjak Vol. 3: Operation Deadside (collects Ninjak #10-13)

Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 1: Colorado (collects Bloodshot Reborn #1-5)
Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 2: The Hunt (collects Bloodshot Reborn #6-9)
**Takes place after Bloodshot Vol. 5 and The Valiant**

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior Vol. 1: Risen (collest issues #1-4)

Mini Series
Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel (mini collects issues #1-3)

Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody Deluxe collects issues #1-5(Mini involving the original Q&W 20 years later)

The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage (collects issues #1-5)
The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives (collects issues #1-4)

Divinity: a 4 issue mini series

The Delinquents#1-4 is a self contained crossover of A&A and Quantum & Woody

The Valiant: a 4 issue mini featuring Eternal Warrior and other Valiant characters

FAITH (collects issues #1-4)starts january 2016

Events
HARBINGER WARS is a crossover event between Harbinger and Bloodshot. The main story is self contained as well as the Harbinger and Bloodshot issues. They can be read separately or together.
Harbinger Wars 1 - 4
Harbinger 11 - 14
Bloodshot 10 - 13
Reading Order: HW#1 - Harbinger#11 - Bloodshot#10 - HW#2 - Harbinger#12 - Bloodshot#11 - HW#3 - Harbinger#13 - Bloodshot#12 - HW#4 - Harbinger#14 - Bloodshot#13

ARMOR HUNTERS is a crossover event between X-O and Unity:
The main story:
Armor Hunters 1-4
Unity 8-11
X-O Manowar 26-29
Armor Hunters Aftermath #1
Armor Hunters Tie ins:
Armor Hunters: Harbingers collects AH:H #1-3
Bloodshot Armor Hunters #1-3 follow H.A.R.D. Corps
Reading Order Main Event: AH#1 - Unity#8 - X-O#26 - AH#2 - Unity#9 - X-O#27 - AH#3 - Unity#10 - X-O#28 - Unity#11 - AH#4 - X-O#29 - AH: Aftemath #1
Reading Order With Tie Ins: AH#1 - Unity#8 - X-O#26 - AH#2 - AH:B#1 - AH:H#1 - Unity#9 - X-O#27 - AH#3 - AH:B#2 - AH:H#2 - Unity#10 - X-O#28 - AH:B#3 - AH:H#3 - Unity#11 - AH#4 - X-O#29 - AH: Aftemath #1

Book of Death (collects issues #1-4)
Book of Death: The Fall of the Valiant Universe
(collects BOOK(s) OF DEATH: THE FALL OF BLOODSHOT #1, NINJAK #1, HARBINGER #1, X-O MANOWAR #1)

Deluxe Hardcovers
Archer & Armstrong - Vol. 1 --- Collecting A&A #1-13 and #0
Archer & Armstrong - Vol. 2 --- Collecting A&A #14–25, A&A: ARCHER #0 and BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20–21
Armor Hunters --- Collecting AH #1–4, AH: AFTERMATH #1, AH: BLOODSHOT #1–3, AH: HARBINGER #1–3, UNITY #8–11 and X-O #23–29
Bloodshot - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Bloodshot #1-13
Bloodshot - Vol. 2 --- Collecting Bloodshot and HARD Corps #14-23, Bloodshot #24-25, Bloodshot #0, Bloodshot and HARD Corps #0, along with Archer &Armstrong #18-19
Book of Death --- Collecting BoD #1-4, BoD: THE FALL OF: BLOODSHOT #1, NINJAK #1, HARBINGER #1, X-O #1.
Divinity --- Collecting Divinity #1-4
Harbinger - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Harbinger #0-14
Harbinger - Vol. 2 --- Collecting Harbinger #15-25, Harbinger: Omegas #1-3, and Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0
Harbinger Wars - Volume 1 --- Collecting HW #1-4, Harbinger #11-14, and Bloodshot #10-13
Ivar, Timewalker --- Collecting IVAR #1-12
Quantum and Woody - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Q&W #1–12 and Q&W: THE GOAT #0
Rai - Vol. 1 --- Collecting RAI #1-12, RAI #1 PLUS EDITION and RAI #5 PLUS EDITION
Shadowman - Vol. 1 --- Collecting Shadowman #0-10
Shadowman - Vol. 2--- Collecting SHADOWMAN #11-16, SHADOWMAN #13X, SHADOWMAN: END TIMES #1-3 and PUNK MAMBO #0.
The Valiant --- Collecting The Valiant #1-4
Unity - Vol. 1 --- Collecting UNITY #0-14
X-O Manowar - Vol. 1 --- Collecting X-O #1-14
X-O Manowar - Vol. 2 --- Collecting X-O #15-22 and UNITY #1-4

[kjjohanson]

I've posted this in a few different places. It's not entirely up to date:

This doesn't include some of the recent released, but this is my recommendation if you like binge reading (reading a long run in a row). I've tried to place the breaks between titles so you read any crossovers in the proper spot. Shadowman, Rai, and the Eternal Warrior series don't really cross over with any of the other titles, so you can read those pretty much anywhere (although I would read EW Vol 2 before Rai, as it was released first and they both take place in the same time period)

Binge Reading recommendation:

X-O Manowar Volume 1
X-O Manowar Volume 2
X-O Manowar Volume 3

Archer & Armstrong Volume 1
Archer & Armstrong Volume 2

Harbinger Volume 1
Harbinger Volume 2
Bloodshot Volume 1
Bloodshot Volume 2
Harbinger Wars / Harbinger Volume 3 / Bloodshot Volume 3 *(these three cross over; the Deluxe edition collecting all three arc might be the best way to read this)
Harbinger Volume 4
Harbinger Volume 5

X-O Manowar Volume 4
Unity Volume 1 / X-O Manowar Volume 5
Unity Volume 2

Archer & Armstrong Volume 3
Archer & Armstrong Volume 4
Bloodshot Volume 4
Archer & Armstrong Volume 5 (read this between Bloodshot Volume 4&5)
Bloodshot Volume 5
Archer & Armstrong Volume 6

ARMOR HUNTERS event (it might be best to read the first issue in Armor Hunters first, and read the last issue after reading everything else):
X-O Manowar Volume 6
Armor Hunters Volume 1
X-O Manowar Volume 7
Unity Volume 3
Armor Hunters: Harbinger Volume 1
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot Volume 1

Quantum & Woody Volume 1
Quantum & Woody Volume 2
Quantum & Woody Volume 3
Delinquents Volume 1
Quantum & Woody Must Die Volume 4

Harbinger: Omegas
Unity Volume 4
X-O Manowar Volume 8

Eternal Warrior Volume 1
Eternal Warrior Volume 2

Rai Volume 1

Shadowman Volume 1
Shadowman Volume 2
Shadowman Volume 3
Shadowman Volume 4
Shadowman End Times Volume 5

[Brapbrap]

Here is every current Valiant arc in publishing order, imo this is the best way to read the whole universe.

X-O MANOWAR #1-4 [BY THE SWORD]
HARBINGER #1-5 [OMEGA RISING]
BLOODSHOT #1-4 [SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE]
Archer & ARMSTRONG #1-4 [THE MICHELANGELO CODE]
X-O MANOWAR #5-8 [ENTER: NINJAK]
SHADOWMAN #1-4 [BIRTH RITES]*
BLOODSHOT #5-9 [THE RISE AND THE FALL]
HARBINGER #6-8,#0,#9-10 [RENEGADES] (#0 published between #8 and #9 but collected in Harbinger Vol. 3 TP)
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5-9 [WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR]
X-O MANOWAR #9-14 [PLANET DEATH]
SHADOWMAN #5-6,#0,#7-9 [DARQUE RECKONING]* (#0 published between #6 and #7 but collected in Shadowman Vol. 3 TP)

[HARBINGER WARS CROSSOVER]
Single issues:
HARBINGER WARS #1
HARBINGER #11
BLOODSHOT #10
HARBINGER WARS #2
HARBINGER #12
BLOODSHOT #11
HARBINGER WARS #3
HARBINGER #13
BLOODSHOT #12
HARBINGER WARS #4
HARBINGER #14
BLOODSHOT #13
Collected as:
Harbinger Wars #1-4 [HARBINGER WARS]
Harbinger #11-14,#0 [HARBINGER WARS]
BLOODSHOT #10-13 [HARBINGER WARS]

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #0, #10-13 [FAR FARAWAY]
QUANTUM & WOODY #1-4 [THE WORLD's WORST SUPERHERO TEAM]
X-O MANOWAR #15-18 [HOMECOMING]
HARBINGER #15-19 [PERFECT DAY]
BLOODSHOT #0, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #14-17 [H.A.R.D. Corps] (#0 published between Bloodshot #13 and Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps #14 but collected in Armor Hunters: Bloodshot TP)
SHADOWMAN #10-12 [DEADSIDE BLUES]
ETERNAL WARRIOR #1-4 [SWORD OF THE WILD]*
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #14-17 [SECT CIVIL WAR]
QUANTUM & WOODY #5-8 [IN SECURITY]

[UNITY CROSSOVER]
Single issues:
UNITY #1
X-O MANOWAR #19
UNITY #2
X-O MANOWAR #20
UNITY #3
X-O MANOWAR #21
UNITY #4
X-O MANOWAR #22
Collected as:
UNITY #1-4 [TO KILL A KING]
X-O MANOWAR #19-22 [AT WAR WITH UNITY]

SHADOWMAN #13-16 [FEAR, BLOOD, AND SHADOWS]*
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #18-19 [GET SOME!] (Collected in Bloodshot Vol 5)

[MISSION: IMPROBABLE CROSSOVER]
Single issues:
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D CORPS #20
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #19
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #21
Collected as:
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18-19, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D CORPS #20-21 [MISSION: IMPROBABLE]

BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS: H.A.R.D. CORPS #0, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS 22-23 [GET SOME!] (Collected in Bloodshot Vol 5)
UNITY #5-7 [TRAPPED BY WEBNET]*
HARBINGER #20-21, HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0, HARBINGER #22-25 [DEATH OF A RENEGADE] (Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 published between Harbinger #21 & #22 but collected in Harbinger Vol. 6 TP)
ETERNAL WARRIOR #5-8 [ETERNAL EMPEROR]
QUANTUM & WOODY: THE GOAT #0, QUANTUM & WOODY #9-12 [CROOKED PASTS, PRESENT TENSE]
RAI #1-4 [WELCOME TO NEW JAPAN]
SHADOWMAN: END TIMES #1-3*
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #20-25 [AMERICAN WASTELAND]

[ARMOR HUNTERS CROSSOVER]
Single issues:
X-O MANOWAR #23
X-O MANOWAR #24
X-O MANOWAR #25
ARMOR HUNTERS #1
UNITY #8
X-O MANOWAR #26
ARMOR HUNTERS #2
UNITY #9
ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #1
ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #1
X-O MANOWAR #27
ARMOR HUNTERS #3
UNITY #10
ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #2
ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #2
X-O MANOWAR #28
ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #3
ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #3
UNITY #11
ARMOR HUNTERS #4
X-O MANOWAR #29
ARMOR HUNTERS: AFTERMATH #1
Collected as:
x-O MANOWAR #23-25 [PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS]
ARMOR HUNTERS #1-4
UNITY #8-11 [ARMOR HUNTERS]
ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #1-3, Bloodshot #0
ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #1-3
X-O MANOWAR #26-29 [ARMOR HUNTERS]

HARBINGER: OMEGAS #1-3
THE DELINQUENTS #1-4
THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1-5
BLOODSHOT #24-25 [THE GLITCH AND OTHER TALES]
X-O MANOWAR #0, #30-32 [ENTER: ARMORINES]
UNITY #0, #12, HARBINGER: FAITH #0, UNITY #13-14 [THE UNITED]
ETERNAL WARRIOR: DAYS OF STEEL #1-3*
VALIANT-SIZED QUANTUM & WOODY #1
RAI #5-8 [THE BATTLE FOR NEW JAPAN]
THE VALIANT #1-4
IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1-4 [MAKING HISTORY]
UNITY #15-18 [HOMEFRONT]
IMPERIUM #1-4 [COLLECTING MONSTERS]
DIVINITY #1-4
X-O MANOWAR #33-37 [DEAD HAND]

[hkupo]

Nice so now there's a line wide publishing order. Very cool.

[Newton]

Thanks for putting this together It occurs to me every time I organize my new Valiant comics that it will be a bit tricky to figure out reading order down the road based on the number of titles and the way the story arcs are set up.

Honestly, it probably is not much worse than say figuring out all the X-Men or Avengers reading orders though..

[hkupo]

Thanks for putting this together It occurs to me every time I organize my new Valiant comics that it will be a bit tricky to figure out reading order down the road based on the number of titles and the way the story arcs are set up.

Honestly, it probably is not much worse than say figuring out all the X-Men or Avengers reading orders though..

Comics like those with decades of stories probably seems like the most daunting task ever.

Every now and then a new person pops over on the CBR valiant board and asks where to jump on or something and I thought something like this might make it easier.

[Zhuge1]

One slight update -- another thread indicated Archer & Armstrong volume 6 only covers issues 20-23 (not 24 and 25).

[jmatt]

This is a great addition to the board. I would suggest changing the Subject headline to something about reading 'order' as opposed to 'list' so people get a better sense of its purpose.

[hkupo]

Minor adjustment to my list at the top of the thread. Just a simple guide for any newbies that would like to jump into VEI and need a little help .

[Phoenix8008]

Nice. We have something similar posted over on the Valiant subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/valiant/wiki/readingorder. Yours is a great list for looking at all of an individual title, where the Reddit list is split up a lot more with an eye towards approximate order published for the whole universe. We also already have all the Deluxe Hardcover's listed with what they contain if you wanted to 'borrow' the data to add to your list.

[hkupo]

Nice. We have something similar posted over on the Valiant subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/valiant/wiki/readingorder. Yours is a great list for looking at all of an individual title, where the Reddit list is split up a lot more with an eye towards approximate order published for the whole universe. We also already have all the Deluxe Hardcover's listed with what they contain if you wanted to 'borrow' the data to add to your list.

Thank you. I'm not into the HCs so I keep forgetting to add them in.

[Zhuge1]

May want to adjust A&A Volume 6 and include Volume 7

[Ryan]

Copied from the reddit thread linked above.

----------ACT ONE----------

X-O Manowar Vol. 1: “By the Sword” (collects X-O Manowar #1-4)

X-O Manowar Vol. 2: “Enter Ninjak” (collects X-O Manowar #5-8)

X-O Manowar Vol. 3: “Planet Death” (collects X-O Manowar #9-14)

Harbinger Vol. 1: “Omega Rising” (collects Harbinger #1-5)

Bloodshot Vol. 1: “Setting the World on Fire” (collects Bloodshot #1-4)

Harbinger Vol. 2: “Renegades” (collects Harbinger #6-10)

Bloodshot Vol. 2: “Rise and Fall” (collects Bloodshot #5-9)

Harbinger Wars Vol. 1 (collects Harbinger Wars #1-4)

Harbinger Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Harbinger #11-14 and #0)

Bloodshot Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Bloodshot #10-13)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: “The Michelangelo Code” (collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 2: “Eternal Warrior” (collects Archer & Armstrong #5-9)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 3: “Far Faraway” (collects Archer & Armstrong #10-13)

Eternal Warrior Vol. 1: “Sword of the Wild” (collects Eternal Warrior #1-4. Note: The story in this volume takes place before the story in Archer & Armstrong Vol 2 even though it was published after Vol 3)

Shadowman Vol. 1: “Birth Rites” (collects Shadowman #1-4)

Shadowman Vol. 2: “Darque Reckoning” (collects Shadowman #5-9)

Shadowman Vol. 3: “Deadside Blues” (collects Shadowman #10-12 and #0)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 1: “The World’s Worst Superhero Team” (collects Quantum & Woody #1-4)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: “In Security” (collects Quantum & Woody #5-8)

----------ACT TWO----------

X-O Manowar Vol. 4: "Homecoming" (collects X-O Manowar #15-18)

Unity Vol. 1: “To Kill a King” (collects Unity #1-4)

X-O Manowar Vol. 5: "At War with Unity" (collects X-O Manowar #19-22)

Unity Vol. 2: “Trapped by Webnet” (collects Unity #5-7, and X-O Manowar #5)

Bloodshot Vol. 4: “HARD Corps” (collects Bloodshot #14-17 and #0)

Bloodshot Vol. 5: “Get Some” (collects Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #18-19, Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps: H.A.R.D. Corps #0, and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #22-23)

--->(Bloodshot issues #20-21 are collected in Archer & Armstrong Vol 5 listed just below. Read that crossover, then return to this Vol for #0 & 22-23.)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 4: “Sect Civil War” (collects Archer & Armstrong #14-17)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: “Mission Improbable” (collects Archer & Armstrong #18-19, Archer #0, Bloodshot #20-21)

Harbinger Vol. 4: “Perfect Day” (collects Harbinger #15-19)

Harbinger Vol. 5: “Death of a Renegade” (collects Harbinger #20-25)

Shadowman Vol. 4: “Fear, Blood, and Shadows” (collects Shadowman #13-16)

Shadowman End Times (collects Shadowman: End Times #1-3)

Punk Mambo #0 (Zero issue one shot)

Eternal Warrior Vol. 2: “Eternal Emperor” (collects Eternal Warrior #5-8)

Rai Vol. 1: "Welcome to New Japan" (collects Rai #1-4)

----------ACT THREE----------

X-O Manowar Vol. 6: "Prelude to Armor Hunters" (collects X-O Manowar #23-25)

X-O Manowar Vol. 7: "Armor Hunters" (collects X-O Manowar #26-29)

Armor Hunters Vol. 1 (collects Armor Hunters #1-4)

Unity Vol. 3: "Armor Hunters" (collects Unity #8-11)

Armor Hunters: Harbinger (collects Armor Hunters: Harbinger #1-3)

Armor Hunters: Bloodshot (collects Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #1-3)

Harbinger Vol. 6: "Omegas" (collects Harbinger: Omegas #1-3 and Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0)

Unity Vol. 4: "The United" (collects Unity #12-14, Unity #0, and Harbinger: Faith #0)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 6: "American Wasteland" (collects Archer & Armstrong #20-23)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: "Crooked Pasts, Present Tense" (collects Quantum & Woody #9-12)

The Delinquents (Collecting The Delinquents #1-4)

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 7: "THE ONE PERCENT AND OTHER TALES" (collecting Archer & Armstrong #24, 25, 0 and The One Percent one-shot)

Quantum and Woody Vol. 4: "Quantum & Woody Must Die!" (Collecting Quantum and Woody Must Die! #1-4 along with Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1)

The Death Defying Dr. Mirage (Collecting THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1-5)

Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel (collecting Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1-3)

Bloodshot Vol. 6: "The Glitch and Other Tales" (collecting Bloodshot #24-25, and an exclusive Director's Cut of BLOODSHOT #1)

X-O Manowar Vol. 8: "Enter Armorines" (collects X-O Manowar #30-32)

Rai Vol. 2: "Battle for New Japan" (Collecting RAI #5-8)

QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT Vol. 1: KLANG (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories - this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90's)

QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST AND BRIGHT VOL. 2: SWITCH (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories - this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90's)

QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 3: AND SO... (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories - this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90's)

----------ACT FOUR----------

THE VALIANT (Collecting The Valiant #1-4)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 1: COLORADO (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #1-5)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 2: THE HUNT (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #6-9)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 1: MAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #1-4)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 2: BREAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #5-8)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 3: ENDING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #9-12)

DIVINITY VOL. 1 (Collecting Divinity #1-4)

IMPERIUM VOL. 1: COLLECTING MONSTERS (Collecting IMPERIUM #1-4)

IMPERIUM VOL. 2: BROKEN ANGELS (Collecting IMPERIUM #5-8)

IMPERIUM VOL. 3: THE VINE IMPERATIVE (Collecting IMPERIUM #9-12)

NINJAK VOL. 1: WEAPONEER (Collecting NINJAK #1-5)

NINJAK VOL. 2: THE SHADOW WARS (Collecting NINJAK #6-9)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 9: DEAD HAND (collects X-O Manowar #33-37)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 10: EXODUS TPB (collects X-O Manowar #38-42)

UNITY VOL. 5: HOMEFRONT (Collecting UNITY #15-18)

UNITY VOL. 6: THE WAR-MONGER (Collecting UNITY #19-22)

UNITY VOL. 7: REVENGE OF THE ARMOR HUNTERS (Collecting UNITY #23-25)

RAI VOL. 3: THE ORPHAN (collecting Rai #9-12)

DEAD DROP (collects Dead Drop #1-4)

----------ACT FIVE----------

BOOK OF DEATH TPB (collects Book of Death #1-4)

BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TPB (collects Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1, The Fall of Harbinger #1, The Fall of Ninjak #1, and The Fall of X-O Manowar #1)

<<<Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #1-4>>> (Single issues only, no TPB expected to ever be printed for this story per VEI marketing plan for it.)

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR VOL. 1: RISEN TPB (collects Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-4)

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR VOL. 2: LABYRINTH TPB (collects Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #5-10)

THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE VOL. 2: SECOND LIVES TPB (collects The Death Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives #1-4)

NINJAK VOL. 3: OPERATION: DEADSIDE TPB (collects Ninjak #10-13)

NINJAK VOL. 4: THE SIEGE OF KING’S CASTLE TPB (collects Ninjak #14-17)

DIVINITY II TPB (collects Divinity II #1-4)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 11: THE KILL LIST TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR #43–46, X-O MANOWAR: COMMANDER TRILL #0, and X-O MANOWAR: VALIANT 25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 12: LONG LIVE THE KING TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR #47–50)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 13: SUCCESSION & OTHER TALES (Collecting X-O MANOWAR 2016 ANNUAL #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1, and 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 3: THE ANALOG MAN TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #10–13)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 4: BLOODSHOT ISLAND TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #14-18, and BLOODSHOT REBORN 2016 ANNUAL #1)

IMPERIUM VOL. 4: STORMBREAK TPB (Collecting IMPERIUM #13-16)

----------ACT SIX----------

RAI VOL. 4: 4001 A.D. TPB (Collecting RAI #13-16)

4001 A.D. TPB (Collecting 4001 A.D. mini-series #1-4)

4001 A.D.: NEW JAPAN AND BEYOND TPB (Collecting 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1, 4001 A.D.: BLOODSHOT #1, 4001 A.D.: SHADOWMAN #1, and 4001 A.D.: WAR MOTHER #1)

Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe #1 (Single one shot issue)

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR VOL. 3: A DEAL WITH A DEVIL TPB (Collecting WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #11–14)

Eternal Warrior: Awakening #1 (Single one shot issue)

Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1 (Single one shot issue)

FAITH VOL. 1: HOLLYWOOD & VINE TPB (Collecting FAITH (LIMITED SERIES) #1-4)

FAITH VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCHEMING TPB (Collecting FAITH (ONGOING SERIES) #1–4.)

A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 1: IN THE BAG TPB (Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1–4)

A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 2- ROMANCE & ROAD TRIPS TPB (Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5–8)

A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 3 - ANDROMEDA ESTRANGED TPB (Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #9-12)

HARBINGER RENEGADE VOL. 1: THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON TPB (Collecting HARBINGER RENEGADE #1-4)

FAITH VOL. 3: SUPERSTAR TPB (Collecting FAITH #5-8)

FAITH VOL.4: THE FAITHLESS TPB (Collecting FAITH #9–12)

GENERATION ZERO VOL. 1: WE ARE THE FUTURE TPB (Collecting GENERATION ZERO #1-5)

GENERATION ZERO VOL. 2: HEROSCAPE TPB (Collecting GENERATION ZERO #6–9)

NINJAK VOL. 5: THE FIST & THE STEEL TPB (Collecting NINJAK #18–21)

NINJAK VOL. 6: THE SEVEN BLADES OF MASTER DARQUE TPB (Collecting NINJAK #22–27)

BLOODSHOT USA TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT USA #1-4)

BLOODSHOT'S DAY OFF #1 (One shot single issue)

DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE TPB (Collecting DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE #1-4)

DIVINITY III: HEROES OF THE GLORIOUS STALINVERSE TPB (Collecting Divinity III: Stalinverse one-shots for Bloodshot, Aric, Shadowman, and Archer & Armstrong.)

SAVAGE TPB (Collecting SAVAGE #1-4)

BRITANNIA TPB (Collecting BRITANNIA #1-4)

BRITANNIA VOL. 2: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE TPB (Collecting BRITANNIA: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE #1-4)

BRITANNIA VOL. 3: LOST EAGLES OF ROME TPB (Collecting BRITANNIA: LOST EAGLES OF ROME #1-4)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL. 1: SOLDIER TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #1–3)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL. 2: GENERAL TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #4-6)

----------ACT SEVEN----------

RAPTURE TPB (Collecting Rapture #1-4)

SHADOWMAN/RAE SREMMURD #1 (one shot single issue)

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA TPB (Collecting THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA #1-6)

SECRET WEAPONS TPB (Collecting Secret Weapons #1-4)

Secret Weapons #0 (Single one shot issue)

Secret Weapons: Owen's Story #0 (Single one shot issue)

FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE TPB (Collecting FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE #1–4)

ARMSTRONG AND THE VAULT OF SPIRITS #1 (one shot single issue)

HARBINGER RENEGADE VOL 2: MASSACRE TPB (Collecting HARBINGER RENEGADE #5-8 and #0)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL 3: EMPEROR TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #7–10)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL 4: VISIGOTH TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #11–14)

WAR MOTHER (Collecting WAR MOTHER #1–4 and 4001 A.D.: WAR MOTHER #1)

DIVINITY #0 (Single one shot issue)

ETERNITY TPB (Collecting ETERNITY #1–4)

BLOODSHOT SALVATION VOL. 1: THE BOOK OF REVENGE TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1–5)

BLOODSHOT SALVATION VOL. 2: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6–9)

BLOODSHOT SALVATION VOL. 3: THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT SALVATION #10–12)

NINJAK #0 (Single one shot issue)

NINJA-K VOL. 1: THE NINJA FILES TPB (Collecting NINJA-K #1–5)

NINJA-K VOL. 2: THE COALITION TPB (Collecting NINJA-K #6–9)

SHADOWMAN VOL. 1: FEAR OF THE DARK TPB (Collecting SHADOWMAN (2018) #1–3)

SHADOWMAN VOL. 2: DEAD AND GONE TPB (Collecting SHADOWMAN (2018) #4–7)

SHADOWMAN VOL. 3: RAG AND BONE TPB (Collecting SHADOWMAN (2018) #8–11)

QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) VOL. 1: KISS KISS KLANG KLANG TPB (Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) #1–5)

VALIANT HIGH TPB (Collecting VALIANT HIGH #1–4)

NINJAK VS. THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TPB (Collecting NINJAK VS. THE VALIANT UNIVERSE #1-4) (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories - this connects to the Bat in the Sun web series adaptation of the same name)

----------ACT EIGHT----------

HARBINGER WARS 2 TPB (Collecting HARBINGER WARS 2: PRELUDE #1, HARBINGER WARS 2 #1-4, and HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1)

QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) VOL. 2: SEPARATION ANXIETY TPB (Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) #6–12)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL. 5: BARBARIANS TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #15–18)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL. 6: AGENT TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #19–22)

NINJA-K VOL. 3: FALLOUT TPB (Collecting NINJA-K #10–14)

KI-6: KILLERS TPB (Collecting KILLERS #1-5)

FAITH: DREAMSIDE TPB (Collecting FAITH: DREAMSIDE #1-4 and FAITH’S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1)

<<<BLOODSHOT: RISING SPIRIT #1-8>>> (This series has never been collected in trade form)

LIVEWIRE VOL. 1: FUGITIVE TPB (Collecting LIVEWIRE #1-4)

X-O MANOWAR (2017) VOL. 7: HERO TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #23–26)

INCURSION TPB (Collecting the complete limited series, INCURSION #1-4)

THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN TPB (Collecting the complete THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN limited series, #1–4)

LIVEWIRE VOL. 2: GUARDIAN TPB (Collecting LIVEWIRE #5-8)

PUNK MAMBO TPB (Collecting PUNK MAMBO #1-5, #0)

DOCTOR MIRAGE TPB (Collecting DOCTOR MIRAGE #1-5) Release Date: February 5th

FALLEN WORLD TPB (Collecting FALLEN WORLD #1-5)

BLOODSHOT VOL. 1: BOOK ONE TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT (2019) #1–3, along with material from the VALIANT: BLOODSHOT FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2019 SPECIAL)

BLOODSHOT VOL. 2: BOOK TWO TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT (2019) #4–6) Release Date: March 18th

ROKU TPB (Collecting ROKU #1-4) Release Date: March 11th

----------------------------------------Crossover Reading Orders----------------------------------------

Harbinger Wars crossover (Not the official reading order, but I think it flows better this way)

Bloodshot #10
Harbinger Wars #1
Harbinger #11
Bloodshot #11
Harbinger Wars #2
Harbinger #12
Bloodshot #12
Harbinger Wars #3
Harbinger #13
Bloodshot #13
Harbinger #14
Harbinger Wars#4
To Kill A King: X-O Manowar/Unity crossover

Unity #1
X-O Manowar #19
Unity #2
X-O Manowar #20
Unity #3
X-O Manowar #21
Unity #4
X-O Manowar #22
Armor Hunters crossover

Armor Hunters #1/4
Unity #8
X-O Manowar #26
Armor Hunters #2/4
Unity #9
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #1/3
Armor Hunters: Harbinger #1/3
X-O Manowar #27
Armor Hunters #3/4
Unity #10
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #2/3
Armor Hunters: Harbinger #2/3
X-O Manowar #28
Armor Hunters: Harbinger #3/3
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #3/3
Unity #11
Armor Hunters #4/4
X-O Manowar #29
Armor Hunters: Aftermath #1
4001 AD crossover

4001 AD #1
4001 AD: X-O Manowar #1
Rai #13
4001 AD #2
4001 AD: Bloodshot #1
Rai #14
4001 AD: Shadowman #1
Rai #15
4001 AD #3
4001 AD: War Mother #1
Rai #16
4001 AD #4
Valiant Free Comic Book Day 2016
Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe #1
--------------------Zero Issues, One Shots (not collected in trades), and Annuals Reading Order (based on Release Order)--------------------

Harbinger #0 - between Harbinger 8 & 9.
Shadowman #0 - between Shadowman 6 & 7.
Archer & Armstrong #0 - between Archer & Armstrong #9 - 10.
Bloodshot #0 - between Bloodshot #13 - 14
Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0 - between Archer & Armstrong #17 - 18
Bloodshot: H.A.R.D. Corps #0 - between Blooshot #19 - 20
Quantum & Woody #0 - between Quantum & Woody 8 - 9
Harbinger: Bleeding Monk - between Harbinger #21 - 22
X-O Manowar #0 - between X-O Manowar #29 - 30
Unity #0 - between Unity #11 - 12
Punk Mambo #0 - after Shadowman: End Times #3
Harbinger: Faith #0 - between Harbinger: Omegas #3 - Unity #13
X-O Manowar: Commander Trill #0 - between X-O Manowar #42 - 43
Bloodshot Reborn Annual 2016 #1 - between Bloodshot Reborn #11 - 12
X-O Manowar Annual 2016 #1 - between X-O Manowar #46 - 47
Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1 - Set in the time period of King Arthur
Eternal Warrior: Awakening #1 - Set in the far past, sometime after Legends of the Geomancer
Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe - after the end of Rai (2014) #16
Bloodshot's Day Off #1 - between Bloodshot USA #4 - Bloodshot Salvation
Bloodshot Reborn #0 - between Bloodshot USA #4 - Bloodshot Salvation
Harbinger Renegade #0 - between Harbinger Renegade #8 -9
Secret Weapons #0 - after Secret Weapons #1-4 mini series
Divinity #0 - between Divinity III: Stalinverse and Eternity mini-series
Ninjak #0 - Between Ninjak (2016) and Ninja-K (2017) series
Secret Weapons: Owens Story #0 - released after Secret Weapons mini series, but might contain origin story which would be from before the original material
Bloodshot (2019) #0 - between Bloodshot (2019) #5 - 6

[ManofTheAtom]

Nice.

[TheFerg714]

Looks good to me (although admittedly, I just skimmed it). Do you mind if I link it on the Valiant subreddit? I'm always looking for more orders to add.

[Ryan]

Looks good to me (although admittedly, I just skimmed it). Do you mind if I link it on the Valiant subreddit? I'm always looking for more orders to add.

I copied it straight out of the link in this post by Phoenix8008:

Nice. We have something similar posted over on the Valiant subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/valiant/wiki/readingorder. Yours is a great list for looking at all of an individual title, where the Reddit list is split up a lot more with an eye towards approximate order published for the whole universe. We also already have all the Deluxe Hardcover's listed with what they contain if you wanted to 'borrow' the data to add to your list.

[magnusr]

Good stuff. I like the diagram.

/Magnus